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Echo Oriental Showroom

Echo Oriental

Echo Oriental is a design reinterprets traditional Chinese cosmology through a contemporary architectural lens. A central double height sand table area serves as the heart of the project, positioned beneath a celestial stretch ceiling that symbolizes the sky over a square floor plan. A signature golden vaulted ceiling with leaf embossing adds tactile richness, while a palette of green marble and warm wood facilitates a sensory dialogue. The spatial choreography utilizes compression and release to guide visitors through a progressive ritual of thresholds.

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Rinn Kyoto Miyagawasuji Hitotose Aki Private Hotels

Rinn Kyoto Miyagawasuji Hitotose Aki

Rinn Kyoto Miyagawasuji Hitotose Aki is a hotel interior located on Miyagawa-suji, a street in Kyoto that keeps a traditional streetscape. The design follows the strict local rules on building colors, shapes and styles. The lighting plan leads guests from dim light at the entrance to brighter rooms, and indirect lighting reveals the texture of the walls. Washi paper made with a local paper artist is used in several ways, including kakishibu treatment, koyori twisting and fukuro-bari layering. The aim is a calm and warm space for comfortable stays.

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Mass Series Sumi Limited Furniture

Mass Series Sumi Limited

Mass Series Sumi Limited is a furniture collection that includes a dining chair, a lounge chair, a coffee table, two stools and a coat hanger. Each piece combines a steel frame with generously planed cedar taken from old trees. The cedar is charred by a traditional method that improves durability and brings out defined grains, creating a glossy black surface with a rare texture. The dark finish refers to Noyaki, the grassland burning of the Aso area, where people and nature live together. The series is limited to 25 units per year.

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 Whitecell Power Office

Whitecell Power

This case serves as the office for the Whitecell Power Methanol-Hydrogen Clean Energy Innovation Base. The designers boldly abandoned traditional interior design concepts, extensively using black, white, gray, and metallic materials. They utilized the staggered spaces, color contrasts, variations in light and materials, along with unique installation artworks, to outline a modern, sharp, and technologically advanced spatial tone.

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Mansion of Value Club

Mansion of Value

Mansion of Value is a private clubhouse interior designed for social gatherings. The space covers 4000 square meters across three floors. The design is inspired by the New York Waldorf Astoria and reinterprets classical proportion and symmetry. Art Deco geometry, handcrafted detailing and layered lighting shape a ceremonial atmosphere. Materials include large jade slabs, natural stone, crystal, metal mesh and mother of pearl inlays. Visitors move from a grand foyer to exhibition areas and private dining rooms.

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Boku Restaurant and Bar

Boku

Boku is a restaurant and bar interior in Guadalajara, Mexico. The design combines Japanese spatial principles with local culture and is inspired by Osaka street food, with takoyaki as the central theme. A curved counter encourages social interaction, and wall textures add tactile detail. Suspended bamboo lighting and natural materials create an organic atmosphere. A mezzanine makes use of the high ceiling and adds functional variety. The venue serves food during the day and becomes a bar and event space at night.

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